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How to Change Everything. A call to action for those who have inherited this environmental mess, How to Change Everything confronts the stark realities of climate change and climate injustice. The book is a relevant deep dive into the science of greenhouse gas and the planet’s rising temperature, the history of the industrial revolution and society’s collective dependency on fossil fuels, and the reality of modern climate tragedies like melting polar ice and Australian wildfires. This is not a light read. In covering Hurricane Katrina, Klein gives an unvarnished account of how the U.S....

Naomi Klein: 'We shouldn’t be surprised that kids are radicalised' Patrick Barkham When Naomi Klein toured North America with her 2019 book about the Green New Deal, she and her assistant liaised with local campaigners from the Sunrise Movement. This youthful climate action group was organised to set up a table at each event, with petitions and actions, so audiences could become activists, right there. When they reached Palo Alto, they discovered that the Sunrise Movement contact they’d been “bossing about” was a 13-year-old, who was organising the whole thing between ...

The Next Wave in Leadership Development: Habits As a leader, what role do you take in your own leadership development? If 2020 taught us anything, it was the importance of seeing the big picture without losing sight of the small details. This requires a tremendous skill in balancing priorities, energy, and focus. And while most great leaders can take pride in their ability to multi-task under stress, this year has really tested their abilities. Leaders are called on again and again to shift their attention from one priority to another. They must consistently and consciously choose (and judge...

Climate activist Disha Ravi was granted bail on February 23. | Adnan Abidi/ Reuters The bank of cameras that camped outside Delhi’s sprawling Tihar jail was the sort of media frenzy you would expect to await a Prime Minister caught in an embezzlement scandal, or perhaps a Bollywood star caught in the wrong bed. Instead, the cameras were waiting for Disha Ravi, a nature-loving 22-year-old vegan climate activist who against all odds has found herself ensnared in an Orwellian legal saga that includes accusations of sedition, incitement and involvement in an international co...

During the pandemic, Naomi Klein has been spending a lot of time exploring the woods in British Columbia, Canada (her “happy place”) with her son, Toma. “In the early years, it’s all about connecting with the natural world,” she tells Vogue via Zoom. “Young people are going to have to fight for a better world — that's just reality. And so the more that young people are able to fight from a place of love, and not just fear, the better.”  “There is a huge appetite for systemic change among gen-Z activists,” says Klein. © Koroush Keshiri But at eight years old, her son is ...